President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign ...

President Donald Trump announced a series of sweeping changes after being sworn in as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, including plans to "take back" the Panama Canal.

Panama has owned and administered the Panama Canal for nearly three decades. President Trump wants to change that to counter ...

Authorities of Panama and Greenland have repeatedly said they won't hand over any territory to Trump, with Panama's president ...

A cargo ship sails through the Miraflores locks of the Panama Canal in Panama City on Sept. 9, 2024. The Panama Canal is more than a piece of infrastructure; it’s a global asset that symbolizes ...

Visitors watch Danish cargo ships pass through the Agua Clara locks of the Panama Canal on December 28, 2024. - Arnulfo Franco/AFP/Getty Images Roughly 5% of all global trade flows through the ...

But dependent on the US to protect their freedom from Colombia, Panama’s hands were tied. The US imported workers to build the canal from across the Caribbean. An ingenious system of locks ...

If you are desperate to see the canal in action but can’t make it to Panama, the ACP livestreams activity at five sets of locks, and the canal runs 24 hours a day. To do a deeper dive into the ...